1) Erase 2) Kill 3) Slaughter 1) Gun down 2) Kill 3) Murder 4) Murder a prominent person 
• (n.) An assassination, murder, or murderous assault. • (n.) An assassin. • (v. t.) To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly. • (v. t.) To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence.
As·sas'sin·ate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Assassinated ; present participle & verbal noun Assassinating ] [ Late Latin assassinatus , past participle of assassinare .] 1. To kill by surprise or ...
[v] - murder 2. [v] - destroy or damage seriously, as of someone`s reputation
verb destroy or damage seriously, as of someone`s reputation; `He assassinated his enemy`s character`
to kill suddenly or secretively, esp. a politically prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously. · to destroy or harm treacherously and viciously: to assassinate a person's character.